COVID-19 Decimates Demand For Thanksgiving Air Travel
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COVID-19 Decimates Demand For Thanksgiving Air Travel
John Minchillo/AP The Thanksgiving weekend is the most important time of the year for US airlines.
However, bookings for November are down as much as 88% compared to this time last year, data from airline analysis firm OAG show.
Airlines are hoping for a surge in last-minute bookings, keeping with trends during the pandemic, but the industry remains in a tailspin as travel demand fails to sufficiently recover.
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Fresh off a weak summer travel season during which Americans largely hunkered at home or took to the roads, America's airlines have a new looming disaster ahead of them: a soft Thanksgiving and holiday travel season.